Directions & Parking

Marathon and Half Marathon Directions

At 8:00am Bay St will close to east/west pedestrian traffic from Lake Shore Blvd to Dundas St. The 5k race will be running up Bay St to the finish line. Marathon and Half-marathon participants and spectators can cross Bay St at Dundas. We strongly recommend that you take public transit to the race.

5K Directions

5K Start Line Location: Lakeshore Blvd., west of Ontario Dr.

5K Start Time: 8:00am

Please give yourself lots of travel time on race morning.

We strongly recommend everyone use Shuttle Buses or Go Transit to get to the start of the 5K race and then they can leave directly from Nathan Phillips Square after they have completed their 5K race.

Public Transit

Please note, subway service starts at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday. Visit the TTC Trip Planner at ttc.ca/Trip_planner/ to find your transit route to the event.

For the most up-to-date public transit information, please visit www.ttc.ca.

Note – The 7:43am train will not leave you enough time to get to the 5k start line on time.

If you would like to get back to Exhibition Place after the race, there are GO trains leaving Union Station to Exhibition that only take 7 minutes. Calculate your fare using the GoTrain Fare Calculator.

UP Express

Coming from the West? Park at Pearson and hop on the UP Express.

UP Express connects Pearson Airport and Downtown Toronto in only 25 minutes. Trains run every 15 minutes.

Parking is available at Exhibition Place. Please note that you will be responsible for finding your own way back to your vehicle — there will not be a shuttle service available after the race.

Our suggestion for getting back to Exhibition Place after the race would be to take a GO train from Union Station to Exhibition. Calculate your fare using the GoTrain Fare Calculator.

Driving Directions

Marathon and Half-Marathon:

Driving From the WestGardiner Expressway eastTake Spadina Ave exit and travel northEast on Dundas St — access east of Simcoe will close at 8:15 a.m.East on Queen St — access east of Simcoe will close at 6:00 a.m.East on Adelaide St — access east of Simcoe will close at 6:00 a.m.

Our suggestion for getting back to Exhibition Place after the race would be to take a GO train from Union Station to Exhibition. Calculate your fare using the GoTrain Fare Calculator.

Driving Directions

Lake Shore Blvd will be closed from Windermere Ave to Parliament St from 5:00am–12:30pm on race day. Please use the following driving directions to access Exhibition Place.

If you would like to get back to Exhibition Place after the race, there are Go Trains leaving Union Station to Exhibition that only take 7 minutes.

Access Eastbound on Gardiner Expressway

Exit at Lake Shore Blvd

North on Windermere Ave

East on Queensway and continue onto King St

South on Strachan Ave

West onto Manitoba and continue on Canada Blvd

Access Westbound on Gardiner Expressway

Exit at Dunn Ave and continue north

East on King St

South on Strachan Ave

West onto Manitoba and continue on Canada Blvd

Access from downtown core — west of Bay

South on Bathurst St — please note Bathurst will be closed from 8am–10:45am between Bloor St & Lake Shore Blvd

West on Fort York Blvd

West on Fleet St

Cross Strachan intersection and continue onto Manitoba Dr

Access from east of Bay 6am–10am

Travel south on Jarvis — Front St will be closed at 8:00am–3:00pm so there may be delays while police allow traffic through

Take the westbound Gardiner Expressway

Exit at Dunn Ave and continue north

East on King St

South on Strachan Ave

West onto Manitoba and continue on Canada Blvd

Bike Parking

If you wish to travel to the race by bicycle, there are a number of FREE bicycle parking locations around Nathan Phillips Square. The locations and number of spots are as follows:

On the West side of City Hall beside the Playground (20 spots)

On the corner of Elizabeth St. and Hagerman St. behind City Hall (58 spots)

On Temperance St. just east of Bay St (50 spots)

On the Southwest corner of Nathan Phillips Square along Osgoode Lane (28 spots)

Please note that these are public bicycle parking spots and are on a first come, first served basis. Any bikes that are parked in these locations will not be monitored by Canada Running Series staff or volunteers. Canada Running Series will not be responsible for any damage to bicycles while parked in these locations during the event.